Judicial review is the power to review laws passed by the legislative body and to declare them to be unconstitutional and void. It also allows the courts to review actions taken by the executive branch and to declare them unconstitutional.

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Judicial Review Is

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Judicial review is:

A) the right of a court to review legislation and declare it unconstitutional.
B) the right of a legislature to pass statutes that overrule court decisions.
C) the right of an appellate court to overrule a lower court decision.
D) the right of the executive branch to enforce or not enforce judicial decisions.
E) the right of a court to create laws.

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